Steering-wheel for automobiles.



A. J. KINNUGAN.

STEERING WHEEL FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1907.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

WITNESSES INVENTOR ALFRED -.T.' KINNUCAN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR rs entree Specification of Letters Potent.

Eatented item. 12, H. 09,

Application filed May 245, 1997- Eerie! Ho. filhflfl To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ALFRED J, Knmoonrt, who am a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Steering-'l fhecls for Automobiles, and declare the following to 'be a full clear and exact descri tion of the same, such as will enable others. skilled in the art to which it pertains to nit-kc and use the some, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a port of this specification.

My invention relates to steering Wheels for automobiles, and has for its object an improved device of the type named, which is of greater strength than the cast brass ones nowused, and which is of much less weight, and can he produced much more cheaply. I

It also rizlates to arrangements for carrying up through the metal or web portion of the steering wheel the connections leading to various operative parts, such as the bet tcry, throttle, etc, now commonl carried on the Slelll oi the steering wheel heneath the wheel. and in exceedingly inconvenient position as regards its ready hsndlin in the (llflWlngSIFlgbllB 1, is a perspective of thestucl andweb of the wheelywith only one arm of the metal carried out to, and hearing on its end, the small segment of the wooden portion of they Wheel. Fig. 2, is :1V sectional elevation of thesanie. Fig. 3, is a plan of the same. Fig. 4:, is a sectional elevation of the modified forin in which the connections of the various operative parts are carried up through the head. Fig. 5, is a plan of this form.

The arms or web portion 1 of the device are preferably madeofstalnpetl steel, which possesses sufficient rigidity, and of courseds much cheaper than the cast brass pieces now used. The portion of the handle 1 shown is of the usual type.

2 is an acorn or dome nut, which is screwed to the threaded top 3 of the crown riveted together, but are further held. in

position withwspect to one another by the dowel pin 5, which, projecting from the top of the crown niece, passes through there, it find that the combination 0' this rigid union at the center, crowned as is by the tight engagement of the not against the upper surface of the int ectintg arm, in combination. with the loin 1g effect 1: the wooden handle 1, gives em rigidity to the slightly dished web formed By the somewhat rip-cent arms, 7

By the substitution the dome not 2 of a plain not 6, so that no obstacle is'o'tiered to the extent thercahove of the sleeve 7, I

"am enabled to carry above. the Web gortion in Fig 2. These are protected by the crown piece 41, and the supplemental sleeve 10, from being twisted out or their desired adjustment when the steering wheel is turned, and at the same time make it possible to control these various operative arts with out removing the hand from t e steering wheel to the comparatively inconvenientposition therebencath. v

It is of course obvious that the number and position of both the dowel pins 5 and rivets 12 can he varied desire What I claim is 7 In combination. with a .fee post, pin relity'of originally independent intersecting arms supported thereby, means whereby said arms are held thereto and i1; desired role tive position with respect to one another, a crowning not adapted to he screwed. to-the top of the post and, by pressure against the adjacent portions of the arms, to'supplcmentj 1 4 the action of said holding means, and an encircling rim piece engaging the end poitions or? each arm whereby the entire vwheel ALFRED J. KINNUCANQ Witnesses: G. C. JENNINGS,

WILLIAM M. Swen.v 

